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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Coccoidea

Tribe
  
Aspidiotini

Scientific name
  
Aspidiotus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
True bugs

Suborder
  
Sternorrhyncha

Family
  
Diaspididae

Subtribe
  
Aspidiotina

Higher classification
  
Diaspididae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Insect, Scale insect, Diaspididae, Aonidiella, True bugs

Aspidiotus is a genus of armoured scale insects. It includes several agricultural and horticultural pests.

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A. destructor was originally blamed for a massive die-off of coconut trees in the Philippines which began about 2009. It has been involved previously in die-offs in Indonesia. In July 2014, following a detailed morphological review, scientists announced that instead A. rigidus, was to blame. A. rigidus has few natural predators in the Philippines which leads to the surging infestation.

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COCONUT SCALE INSECT DAMAGE AND SYMPTOMS (HOW TO GET RID COCONUT SCALE INSECT)


Species

Aspidiotus Killer bug behind coconut plague identified Science News

  • Aspidiotus anningensis Tang & Chu, 1983
  • Aspidiotus artus Munting, 1971
  • Aspidiotus atomarius (Hall, 1946)
  • Aspidiotus atripileus Munting, 1971
  • Aspidiotus beilschmiediae Takagi, 1969
  • Aspidiotus brachystegiae Hall, 1928
  • Aspidiotus capensis Newstead, 1917
  • Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch, 1857
  • Aspidiotus chamaeropsis Signoret, 1869
  • Aspidiotus chinensis Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931
  • Aspidiotus cryptomeriae Kuwana, 1902
  • Aspidiotus destructor Cockerell in Fernald, 1903 - coconut scale
  • Aspidiotus hedericola Leonardi, 1920
  • Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833 - oleander scale, worldwide distribution, originated in Europe
  • Aspidiotus taiyuanensis (Feng, 2011)
  • Aspidiotus zizyphi Hall, 1929

    • Former species

    Aspidiotus coconut scale Aspidiotus destructor

  • Aspidiotus abieticola Koroneos, 1934 synonym for Dynaspidiotus abieticola (Koroneos, 1934)
  • Aspidiotus hederae Leonardi, 1898 synonym for Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833
  • Aspidiotus ostreaeformis Curtis, 1843 synonym for Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843)

    • Aspidiotus armored scale Aspidiotus BugGuideNet

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    Aspidiotus Aspidiotus hederae Ivy scale and Aspidiotus britannicus Holly

    References

    Aspidiotus Wikipedia
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